(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has honored five individuals with awards for outstanding achievement in recognition of their contributions and overall dedication to corporate responsibility in the global automotive industry.

(Modus Cooperandi: Seattle) -- Personal Kanban is an effectiveness system built for our frenetic 21st century lives. More than ever it seems, we have more work than we can handle, more goals we never get around to realizing... and more sleepless nights because of it.

(H.C. Starck: Newton, MA) -- For the second year running, H.C. Starck, a global manufacturer and supplier of refractory metals and technical ceramics, was among 11 companies honored at the 2012 Northeast Ohio Evolution of Manufacturing Awards sponsored by Smart Business magazine.

(ADCOLE: Marlborough, MA) -- ADCOLE Corp., designer and manufacturer of high-accuracy measurement machines and components, has upgraded its automatic surface finish gauge for crankshafts and camshafts.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Organizations of all sizes and types are facing a duel threat and opportunity. At the very moment when global markets are becoming available, these organizations are losing valuable people resources due to “boomer” retirements and downsizing strategies.

Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus NDT has announceds the launch of its instrument rental program in the United States.

(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- In conjunction with the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), the kelvin, the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature, is currently being newly defined at the Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig, Germany, which is the counter

(Meggitt: San Juan Capistrano, CA) -- Meggitt Sensing Systems, designer and manufacturer of high-performance sensing and monitoring systems for air and land-based machinery in extreme environments, has introduced the Endevco model 2224C series of piezoelectric accelerometers.

(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Minitab, a leading provider of software for quality improvement, is offering at no cost, an online preview training session on value-stream mapping, a technique used to analyze the flow of information and materials needed to bring products to customers.

For the second straight month, fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States is at its highest level, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).